Save money on household waste costs
With audits of pink kerbside rubbish bags showing that on average over half of most bags are filled with food and other compostable material taking this out of the landfill waste stream can save ratepayers a lot of money while helping to protect our environment.
- Using the kerbside food scrap service means you use fewer pink rubbish bags which will save you money on your household waste disposal costs.
- The closure of the district landfill in Taumarunui in October 2020 and rising Government Waste Levy Charges makes this even more important as all landfill waste now needs to be trucked to Hampton Downs south of Auckland.
What you don't eat our HCU will!
The collected food waste and other organic material will be processed into high grade compost at a Hot Composting Unit (HCU) at the Taumarunui Transfer Station site.
The service is available to everyone on kerbside rubbish and recycling collection at no additional cost.
See your local Council office for the food-scrap collection kit.
